Mark Pawsey’s voting in Parliament

Mark Pawsey is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

This is a random selection of Mark Pawsey’s votes.

• Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2016.
• Consistently voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 6 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2016.
• Generally voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices Show votes 1 vote for, 5 votes against, 1 absence, between 2013–2022.
• Consistently voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2016.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Domestic Abuse 27 Nov 2023

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle domestic violence.

• [Philip Davies in the Chair] 17 Oct 2023

  The Minister has acknowledged that, for reasons of safety, food contact applications cannot, by their very nature, include recycled material. I wonder whether he would accept that the plastic packaging tax should automatically apply to any imports of material used where food contact is involved.

• Plastic Packaging Tax on Imports: HMRC Enforcement 17 Oct 2023

  Does my hon. Friend agree that, while the introduction of the plastic packaging tax was a really positive thing that ensured we got more use from recycled material, in this case, with no verification of products manufactured outside the UK, the grave danger is that we are doing a disservice to UK manufacturers?

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Profile

Conservative MP for Rugby

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @MarkPawsey
• https://facebook.com/Mark4Rugby

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Mark Pawsey campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Treasury
• Home Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• Beverage Containers: Recycling
• Question
• Funerals: Coronavirus
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• Electricity Generation: Taxation

Currently held offices

• Member, Energy Security and Net Zero Committee (since 19 Jun 2023)
• Member, BEIS Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment (since 28 Jun 2022)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill (Joint) Committee (19 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (29 Nov 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Pawsey
• William Price
• Roy Wise
• James Johnson
• William Brown
• David Margesson
• Ernest Brown
• Euan Wallace
• John Baird
• Corrie Grant
• Richard Verney
• Henry Cobb

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Forensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Smart Meters Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crown Tenancies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (8 out of 16)
• Armed Forces (Service Complaints and Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Defence Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Intellectual Property Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Local Audit and AccountabilityBill Committee (7 out of 9)
• Deep Sea Mining Bill Committee (1 out of 2)